Top 10 Largest Lakes in the World

1. Caspian Sea - 371,000 Km2 – Europe, Asia - Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran - sits 27 meters below sea level - saline
2. Lake Superior - 82,100 Km2 – North America – USA, Canada – largest fresh water lake in the world.
3. Lake Victoria – Africa – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania – 59,947 km2 – largest lake in Africa - Fresh
4. Lake Huron - 59,570 km2 - North America – USA, Canada – has over 30,000 islands including Manitoulin Island, which is the world's largest freshwater island.
5. Lake Michigan - 57,757 Km2 - North America – USA - largest lake found entirely within one country – fresh
6. Lake Tanganyika– 32,900 Km2 - Africa - Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - longest freshwater lake in the world
7. Lake Baikal - 31,722 Km2 – Europe – Russia - the deepest lake at 1637 meters
8. Great Bear Lake – 31,000 Km2 – North America – Canada – largest lake found entirely in Canada
9. Lake Malawi - 29,500 Km2- Africa - Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania - has more species of fish than any other lake in the world
10. Great Slave Lake - 28,568 km2 - North America – Canada Lake the deepest lake in North America with an average depth of 41 meters, but a maximum depth of 614 meters